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A large cargo vessel,  the CSCL Hamburg has gone hard aground on Woodhouse Reef, in the northern Red Sea. read more »

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, center, and his Afghan counterpart Abdul Rahim Wardak pose for pictures with U.S. and Romanian mentors for the Afghan National Army at the camp Black Horse where the ANA receive training in Kabul.

At a jewelry shop in China's Liaoning province, a vendor arranges gold rings in a countertop display.

...Egypt is the third country in population in Africa with over 77 million. Right behind Ethiopia and half the number of Nigeria with 154 million. Source: Wikipedia. Cairo is the most populous city in Africa with over 16 million. read more »

Liz Mitchell, lead singer with Bony M, who has been performing in Sharm El Sheikh at SOHO Square, took time out from singing to be honoured at the Virgin Megastore at City Stars in Cairo.

The exciting new Ice Cream Factory is already serving some of the best homemade ice cream and sorbet in town and they are still only at the soft opening stage.
A lady visitor to Sharm, in her 80s, who has clearly travelled and eaten ice cream from around the globe … tasted the pistachio ice cream and the lemon sorbet.
She told us that she had never experienced such delicious ice cream! read more »

British Airways has announced the launch of new flights to Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt.   The new services will operate on a three-flights-per-week basis from Gatwick...

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Aqua park is a huge amusement park with water slides, splash pads, water playground, and other recreational bathing and swimming environments for all ages, even for infants, open year around with accommodation in unique and romantic over water rooms and bungalows which can be reached by gondola. (See Panorama)
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Jet2.com to offer low fare seat-only destinations from East Midlands Airport to Lanzarote, Corfu, Dalaman, Heraklion, Paphos, Tenerife and Sharm El Sheikh

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Jet2.com, the only low cost airline to operate flights to Sharm El Sheikh from Manchester Airport, has today announced it will increase flights to the Egyptian hotspot throughout 2010 and bookings can be made as of today.

A model wears a creation by U.S. fashion designer Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton as part of his Fall-Winter 2010-2011 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Paris.

Popular Red Sea liveaboards including MY Typhoon, MY VIP One, MY Hyatt and Sweet Dream have been destroyed by fire while undergoing routine maintenance in dry dock in the Suez.
No-one was injured in the 30 January blaze, which is believed to have started on MY Typhoon before spreading to other vessels in strong winds.
Firefighters tried to control the fires during fierce winds caused by recent storms across the Red Sea, however, they were unable to rescue the four boats. read more »

Palestinian laborers walk near houses under construction in the West Bank.

...the other side of the globe of Sharm is in the Pacific Ocean. The earth seen from that side shows the most of ocean and the least of land. It's the straight middle between Austalia and South America.

An overview of the upcoming IDC courses in Sharm. A PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) is divided in two parts. The first portion is the Assistant Instructor (AI) course followed by the Open Water Scuba Instructor program, both conducted by a PADI Course Director, concluding with a two days Instructor Examination (IE) by PADI Evaluators. read more »

Latest sales figures from leading online travel agent On the Beach suggest Turkey is enjoying a bumper August as thousands of British holidaymakers sweep into the country.

The place where the body of Pol Pot, the former Khmer Rouge leader, was unceremoniously burned in a pile of rubbish is set to be the latest location from Cambodia's dark recent history to be transformed into a tourist spot. In a controversial move that underlines the increasing allure of the country's genocidal history and the importance of tourists to Cambodia's coffers, the government has decided to "preserve and develop" Anlong Veng. The jungle town in the far north of the country was the last stronghold of the rebel movement responsible for the deaths of up to 2 million people. In a statement, the...

Illegal firearms, recovered by Afghan security forces are displayed in Kabul before being handed over to officials.

Poseidon Discovery — now available för 10,000 diving instructors all over the world.

TDI™ (Technical Diving International™), the largest technical certification agency in the world, is now offering training in the sports diver Rebreather, also known as Poseidon Discovery. TDI is seen as an innovator always bringing new, exciting and functional diving techniques and programs to the general diving public...

The British-based businessman Boris Berezovsky has won his claim for libel after being falsely named on Russian state television as the man behind the murder of the former Moscow agent Alexander Litvinenko. Mr Litvinenko, a strong critic of then Russian President Vladimir Putin, was poisoned with radioactive polonium-210 and died in London in November 2006, prompting a murder investigation that implicated Russia. Yesterday Mr Berezovsky, 63, was awarded £150,000 in libel damages against both the TV channel RTR Planeta and Vladimir Terluk, the man who made the allegations, which were also broadcast on satellite television in the UK in April 2007. During the...

The Dalai Lama has accused the Chinese authorities of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet as he commemorated a failed uprising against China's rule over the region. His angry comments appeared to signal frustration with fruitless efforts to negotiate a compromise with China, but he said he would not abandon talks. China shot back, accusing the Tibetan spiritual leader of using deceptions and lies to distort its policy in the region. The passionate back-and-forth highlighted the distrust, anger and frustration that separates the two sides and leaves little hope for success in recently resumed talks. Beijing has demonized the Dalai Lama and accused him of wanting independence for Tibet...

In Beirut, mourners gather to honor the victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET409 that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, 2009 killing all passengers and crew on board.

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and Taiwan-born designer, Jason Wu look at her 2009 Inaugural Ball gown which she donated to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington.